As the three lost travelers got back to their own timeline that they had been messing with, leaving the ones from the unmodified timeline with a simple see ya, Rosie was reassured about all her efforts being worth it concerning Dipper's harem. Seeing as in this timeline, there were all the girls sitting with Dipper in the living room as they tried to explain TV to Bianca.
While Chiron and Elise were surprised when they told them about Fin's prank, the kids were all slightly disappointed when they didn't go into detail. Ink figured he would bug them later about it, having started to use his tall noir form once more. It was like watching a black and white show from the age of dinosaurs, according to Mabel. This was a joke that made Sans, Ink, and Chiron laugh, seeing as they knew something the others didn't.
So, this leads the group outside, into the forest, to deal with the guys looking to explore a new world. And suddenly, everyone was rather disappointed that their friends that helped them so much was heading off so soon. Sans got them to chill when he handed them a laptop and told them it was connected to their multiverse travel machine and acted like a chatroom. They could hop on, chat with them and even other worlds that had a laptop like that one.
Which involved the other worlds they have visited.
So, Mabel was all over it, looking to talk with other Mabels and Dippers, maybe even see how other Dippers were handling their love lives. Dipper was a bit afraid to ask other versions himself about that, seeing as the other versions he met already were the way they are. But Mabel argued that he wouldn't know about how they were if he never asked. She also had to point out right there that a male her was already on and chatting.
So, as they were walking along and saying their goodbyes, Kitsu mentioned that she had gotten tickets to see Sev'Rel Timez, and each of the girls were excited. Dipper and Sayaka being the only ones that didn't really care. Rosie couldn't help but giggle as she noticed the looks of concentration on Ink and Chiron's faces, as if they were trying to remember something.
Rosie and Alastor decided to speed up a little to avoid the two from spoiling the secret of the boybands, and the travelers departed for a world unknown.
As the group became solid within the dimension, they were suddenly caught off guard with all the yelling they could hear coming from town, and the only thing they could truly catch from it all was the words, the Manotaurs are coming. Well, this sounds like a fun place to be.
"Ah the Manotaurs," Alastor mused with a grin. "This brings back memories."
Rosie pouts at him, "Didn't you kill them after the deal you made to get our little love slaves?"
"Just Leaderaur," Alastor corrected. "And the reward from the deal we savor when we take them to feed our lust. I even humiliated the beast by killing him and his demon allies, exposed he cheated before and did it all while doing a musical number. And since it was a contest being a manly duel to the death against him and his demon allies, the others saw me as their new leader. Can't go wrong with a few loyal henchmen that are willing to die if you convince them, it is in the name of being manly or if the enemy is against their views."
"You do know that they are dumb enough to be tricked into swimming in molten lava because it can be considered manly?" Sans suggested to him, recalling a story Fin told him.
Alastor shrugged, "They are cannon fodder at most and weed out the weaklings. Sometimes you must sacrifice the weak pawns to get yourself into a proper position." He hummed and glanced towards the area where the screams came from. "Still since you all missed it, I wouldn't mind doing a repeat performance."
The group made their way to the town, finding the townsfolk running off, noticing Manly Dan running off with Wendy under his arm, the Northwests were even ducking into their limo, Pacifica in Priscilla's arms and Mabel in Preston's while Stan jumped inside with them. That threw them for a bit of a loop.
Sans took a shortcut forward, pulling Tambry away from being grabbed by one of the beasts. Sans also heard his sister yelling for Preston to get him, which he had to ignore, seeing as he was still pulling Tambry along away from the Manotaur that was now yelling at him for playing keep away. How no one questioned how he was just slipping the two of them away from his grasp, he gave up questioning.
Preston had gotten from his car, unable to let a girl watch as her brother was killed by some horrible beast and was not willing to allow a young girl he could help get taken. "Hurry you two, run this way and we can get you out of here!"
Sans chuckled as he swept Tambry off her feet, before tossing the girl into Preston's arms. "A real man always finishes his fights." Stan felt like slamming his head into a wall, about to yell at who he saw as Dipper, though they were all shocked that he picked up a teenager let alone threw her to them.
They were also shocked, even as Preston pushed Tambry towards the vehicle, and the two men rushed to save Dipper, Sans jumped out of the way of a fist, before he finally punched back. Sans' punch, unlike the Manotaurs hit, and caused the beefy beast to be sent flying backwards, away from the rest of the group. "If you have a plan, you might wanna work on it, because this doesn't come off as very fun."
Sans was shaking his hand, realizing how thick skinned these monsters were when compared to the ones from his dimension. Everyone there was caught off guard once more, as they heard a female from the roof of the limo. "Hey, Sans, these guys are a little thicker skinned than our own versions, they scream less too. Fighting them is rather easy, but less fun than our first encounter. There appears to be a good number more in this world as well."
Preston stared at the girl in shock, as he looked about the town and noticed several other boys that resembled the young pines boy fighting and even killing a good number of the Manotaurs. Preston suddenly had an idea. "If the townsfolk can gather in a space that has room to house them all, you all can protect them, right?"
Rosie leapt down to stand next to Sans. "Obviously, they are rather pathetic as usual, they just have thicker skin and more magical defenses than what we're used to dealing with."
Sans chuckled, "think of these guys as regional variants. We are used to just slapping the ones from our region around, but the beef boys from this region just have more. I noticed that the one I smacked away was smart enough to target me, seeing as I was the bigger threat. It sensed my power, whether it was my manliness level, or my magic, I don't know. But we should keep an eye open for that as well."
Rosie smiled. "So, you set up a base, and I will float around and give the heads up for the plan."
Preston watched the girl jump off, ignoring his shout for her to hide, he groaned as he just looked at Sans, before he watched the boy raise a hand, before a large skull appeared and launched a beam of energy at the Manotaur that was getting up, though the beast just ignored it as it began to rush him. Sans retaliated by kicking him away. "I will draw the people towards my mansion, if you and your friends are able to help people get there, we can bunker down in the main hall while you all hold off the monsters and keep them at bay. If you can kill enough of them, maybe it will be the last time they do this."
Sans looked shocked this time as he looked Preston in the eye, noticing how serious the man was. This was one weird world. Sans just shrugged, threw the man a thumbs up, and watched as he jumped back into his limo, before he opened the roof window and had the driver go around town, allowing him to shout to every citizen that could hear to head for the Northwest Manor. Sans took another shortcut towards a group of people running for their lives, as Chiron began to run beside the limo, allowing Elise to jump off and onto it.
Elise smirked at her father. "Well, this is a surprise. Pleasant, but surprising. You almost gave Ink a heart attack when he realized you were telling commoners to make their way to the mansion for protection, and seeing as he's dead, that is a feat in and of itself. I will provide cover fire for Chiron as he orbits those nearby to ward off any more kidnappings."
Elise turned to the side, small stars forming and orbiting her hands as she held them out, firing off the stars that acted more like bullets from a handgun. Preston continued his announcement, figuring he could question the girl later, as he guided more people to his home.
The limo had pulled into the mansion's drive, countless citizens of the town following as Elise jumped off the car, to stand on the gate post and take potshots at any Manotaur that tried to sneak by the others. Everyone had been doing good so far, though there were some girls missing from the town as they arrived, and were forced to one side or the other, doing their best but failing to keep everyone from being snagged. Alastor was particularly angry over this, seeing as he was jumping around and slashing into the skulls, or trying to. He had expected the battle to go as smoothly as before, and it had, even as he was forced to keep a small ten-year-old in his left arm, the girl crying about how they stole her momma.
Seeing as Alastor had to slice a beast's arm off to save the girl, he was not happy. Though several kids were far more fascinated when Rosie asked her Lopunny to help them, all the kids were fascinated over being saved by a Pokémon. They all watched as it jumped around from target to target, landing blows that staggered Manotaurs while grabbing any fleeing woman and jumped away to keep them safe. Alastor was finally able to set the girl down when Sans covered for him to get her to let go and get to the safety of the mansion.
As the town was emptied, everyone safely within the manor walls, though a bunch were actually in the front yard, including the northwest and Pines families, they all watched as three Dippers, a giant rabbit, and a young teenage girl, all fought to push the Manotaurs back. A Dipper with a deer body was standing in front of the gate, holding his arms out, everyone wondering why, until a Manotaur wound up past the group, and jumped at them, only for it to hit an invisible barrier.
Alastor frowned as he grabbed Rosie and Lopunny, and shortcutted them into the barrier, before shortcutting out. Sans buffed up into his seraph form, actually intimidating a couple of the Manotaurs into focusing him more than the others, Ink had started to coat one in his form, before taking control and fighting them as a Manotaur himself. The Pacifibot that he could control was following him around like a little psychotic sister that giggled as she tried her best to cut into them.
Sans was doing better holding the line after he bulked up, no longer holding so much back he could summon more gaster blasters and kept blasting them back, doing little damage, but giving them breathing room, his bones and spears were almost next to useless, the element he relies on not being able to bypass their magically charged skin. These Manotaurs, unlike the ones from his world, had a level of magical defenses that were the neutral element, giving them a layer of armor against their spells. Meaning they were most likely going to have to rely on Alastor and Rosie's element to do any proper damage. Their muscles were thick enough to add a good deal of protection against their physical attacks. They were too stupid to be really affected by Ink's magic.
Chiron had to stay out of the battle, using his barrier to protect the townsfolk from becoming collateral, and the girls had to stand back this time, seeing as with the thick skin and magical resistance these guys had, they were putting up a better fight than their own versions, and could have possibly gotten their hands on them, while Elise was definitely too inexperienced to really join them. Rosie pouted over being benched, and demanded they give her a hell of a show to make up for it. Lopunny was returned as soon as they got into the barrier, seeing as too many people were getting nervous around her. No need to risk her pet getting hurt because a bunch of wusses couldn't handle a little furry action.
Alastor had slipped away, leaving Sans and Ink to hold the line as he slipped off to retrieve the girls already taken, having found the layout of the cave to be similar to the one in his timeline. Something that surprised him, however, was when he found Dipper of all people, freeing the girls. The little rogue was already playing hero and saving the damsels in distress. The loincloth did throw him off though.
"Good to see you are still playing the hero," he said, getting Dipper to jump and turn around ready to fight but looked surprised at seeing Alastor.
"Who are you? How did you get past the Manotaurs?" Dipper asked him, not lowering his guard. After finding out what the Manotaurs were planning on doing he wasn't going to leave things to chance while he worked on a plan.
"I took a shortcut," Alastor admitted with a grin. "Now let's get these lovely ladies free and back to safety. We already have a location where we are holding the line and they will be safe with their families."
Seeing as Dipper was already going through and getting the locks off, Alastor sped up the process, a single swing of his mic and the rest of the locks fell to pieces. This however, caused a clatter of noise, bringing attention from the ritual room, where those there heard it and began to make their way to check on things. Before any of the girls could yell at Alastor, he held a hand up to the back wall which began to glow red.
Alastor stepped aside as he bowed, presenting the portal with a flourish. "Your transport awaits, ladies."
As the girls all made it through, Dipper stared in shock over the show of magic. The two wound up turning as they heard several Manotaurs crashing their way into the room, just as the final girls made it through. Alastor took notice of Leaderaur in the background, standing taller than the one he battled, as well as how his glare held a bit more hardened intellect. The amount of muscle on this guy looked to be a bit thicker than the one he just danced around.
Alastor would admit, this guy looked like a much more entertaining battle, and while he could challenge him here and now, and even if he would have to take him more seriously than his own, he would still win. Alastor had the skill, element, and power to win this fight. But where was the fun in a personal and private show? Things were always more entertaining with an audience, and seeing as this lughead has gained his ire in a whole new way, he wanted to use a whole new method to kill him.
Alastor looks right into Leaderaur's eyes as he smirks. "Well, looks like the coward is willing to leave that one section of his cave. Too bad he isn't man enough to come claim things on his own."
As Alastor grabs Dipper, he pulls the boy with him as they jump through a shortcut, planting them right there with Ink and Sans. Alastor swings his mic around, grabbing and throwing a couple of the beasts into another group to get them to back off.
Alastor took stock of how his friends were holding up, Elise had jumped onto Chiron's back, her hair and eyes glowing with his, adding her own reserves to his barrier. It mostly looked like they were being cautious, seeing as it looks like the Manotaurs had doubled in number since he went on his short mission. This made them think about how often these bastards had come here and done this to get so many numbers.
Every Manotaur took a second to listen when there was a roar of rage from the mancave, before a couple of the beasts looked at Dipper, one of them stepping forward. "Destructor, what are you doing? The others were teaching you the way of man the last I have seen, and suddenly, you are here and fighting against us? I thought you were on your way to the final fiftieth manliest challenge, everything was going so well, I figured I would come find a small woman for you."
Dipper glared. "Pituitaur, this isn't manly, and I would never accept just taking a girl like how you all are. This is so crazy, that I have no real words for it."
Mable giggled loudly enough to catch everyone's attention. "Bro, where have you been, and what have you been doing? You look absolutely ridiculous."
Manotaurs that were there just looked at her. Several wound up frowning, not seeing what was so funny about their way of dressing. Dipper blushed as he looked between everyone and took notice that while not wanting to say it, there was a large number of people that couldn't look him in the eye. All of them were not able to take the boy seriously as he stood there in a loincloth, covered in tattoos from the Manotaurs. Dipper even took notice of how Wendy and the gang were right there, Tambry taking a photo, all of them were laughing at him. The only person in his list of friends that wasn't laughing at him was Pacifica, though she was blushing like mad as she looked to be trying not to stare.
Sans sighed as he raised a hand and summoned a spear. "Well, we could use all the manly help we can get."
Dipper did pick up the spear, ignoring how he could still hear the snickers from those behind him. Pituitaur, as Dipper called him, just scoffed. "How can you all claim to have manly help, when you hide your chest behind that flimsy material. Real men show off the work we have done to build our bodies to be so manly. No real man hides their manliness from the world!"
Sans smirked as he shrugged. "Fine." Sans pulled off his scarf, coat, and shirt, revealing the scar riddled body that Bill gifted/cursed him with, which actually got flinches from the civilians, and nods of respect from the Manotaurs, each of them nodded and muttering about how manly he must be to have such scars and muscles. Alastor, seeing what Sans was doing for their younger self, shrugged and said, "what the hell?" Before he waved his fingers over his shirt, causing it to slowly disappear from his form. A magical strip tease as he shifted his eye towards Rosie with a smirk and a wink. Causing several girls that were near her to squirm and squeal, thinking he was looking at them. Ink decided to shrug and shift his form to look shirtless, though he was technically already naked, seeing as he was just covered in ink. So he was technically just wearing body paint to cover his dignity.
Chiron actually chuckled. "Would I count as the manliest then? Seeing as I am completely naked."
The Manotaurs looked at the boy, each of them taking notice that yes, he had no actual clothing upon his person. They would obviously ignore the fact that he has a sheath for his "equipment", but the gauntlet had been thrown down, and they refuse to leave it lying there. Several started to mutter about how Chiron's words resonated with them as they all started to rip off their loincloths, exposing themselves to the crowds of people as they accepted Chiron's unintended challenge to prove their manliness.
Chiron hated himself at that point, Elise was hiding her face in his back to avoid looking at the beasts, almost everyone in the crowd were all crying in distress and shouting at Chiron for his careless words. Chiron was glad he couldn't see the looks of utter hatred his friends had at that moment, seeing as he felt the anger without them looking at him. They were also the ones that had to look at these shits, seeing as they had to kill them.
Dipper felt a little better, seeing as no one was laughing at him anymore. The Manotaurs talked about how good the breeze felt on their privates as they were aired out and freely dangling. Pituitaur charged forward moving in at Dipper, and though no one wanted to watch the fight anymore because of Chiron's unintended challenge, they were all still worried. Mabel screamed as the Manotaur rushed her brother, not wanting to see her brother hurt, though everyone watched in surprise when Dipper flipped forward, thankfully he had his underwear on, so he was a step above the Manotaurs in that regard, but as Pituitaur passed under him, the spear was caught at his neck. Dipper took this chance to throw his weight down and managed to flip the Manotaur back towards the rest of its kind.
Well, people stopped laughing at him now, Dipper flipped the spear around a couple times as he stood up, glaring at the group of Manotaurs. "None of you are manly enough for any of those girls."
The men in the crowd were honestly getting restless as they watched the young men fight against these beasts, they were talking about manliness this, and manliness that, but Chiron refused to allow them to join. Yeah, they were all happy to have their wives and daughters back, but the principle still stood, they wanted to beat the tar out of these guys with them. Apparently, having a couple demons on your side allowed them to feel a bit braver in fighting against stronger foes.
The women and girls were all watching as Dipper stood alongside the boys that have proven to be strong enough to handle these things. The older ones were watching and found the boy defending them to be adorable, while the younger girls were actually starting to swoon over his efforts to defend them. Pacifica, while swooning herself, glared a bit at the other girls. Mabel, being immune to her brother's heroism, just looked at the girls swooning over her brother and stared at his back. "Grunkle Stan, I believe our little Dippy has become a hunk…"
Stan nodded. "He had left us as an adorable, baby wipe smelling, noodle-armed nerd. And came back as a stronger, adorable, baby wipe smelling, slightly less noodle-armed young man. Still a nerd though."
Before any of the Manotaurs could make any more attempts at getting the people behind them, there started to be some shaking. It wasn't long before they saw Leaderaur stepping from the woods, standing to his full height as he nearly towered over the entirety of the Northwest Mansion. Glaring down at Alastor in particular, as the boy smirked back up at him.
Leaderaur's booming voice made sure he was heard by all. "One of you weak little not-mans, entered my mancave, took our women, and insulted me to my face. This challenge will not go unfaced. For questioning my manliness, you have brought my anger upon all that are here." Taking a moment to take the appearance of everything in, he huffed fire from his snout as he continued. "It looks like we were getting ready to plow through you weaklings and take the women right here, instead of at the mancave. I approve of this plan, and I do find it convenient that you all bundled up nice and tightly for us."
Alastor laughed, drawing attention to himself. "So, you actually managed to get off your lazy ass and meet us out here, good for you. Too bad a bitch like yourself stands no real chance against us. You're not man enough to handle us yourself and need your posse, the same posse we have been handling just fine so far. Talk about a waste of time."
Leaderaur's glare became darker as he glared at the boy. "Fine, a battle to prove our manliness it is, winner takes all the women as their own. I, Leaderaur, VS you, Destructor. Yes, I can see how you all are, and none of you will escape this challenge you have made. All of you destructors shall be my opponent, and if any of you run away, you all lose the challenge and will face death."
Leaderaur looked and smirked at Dipper as he finished, expecting the boy to cower and run away like he did from the last manliness test. Dipper flinched as he looked at those in the mansion grounds watching him with some pity, and maybe some fear. Did they really think he would run away like Leaderaur said, did they think so little of him? Dipper wasn't too concerned over most of them, but his friends, those teens he recently hung out with at the convenient store, all appeared nervous.
Dipper frowned at them all, before his eyes caught Pacifica's, and though her cheeks were still red from seeing him in his current choice of dress, she smiled. She looked at him with confidence, mouthing good luck, giving him a thumbs up, and it actually made him stand a bit straighter.
Dipper stared at Leaderaur, you could see the moment his heart hardened as he thought over all his options. These guys that stood next to him, the alternate versions of himself, were each looking like they have been pushing themselves too far, the only one not sweating was the one in red, though he had just taken a break from fighting to retrieve the girls, though he couldn't know that that was simply because his element stood stronger against the neutral defenses these guys had.
Alastor had the easiest time burning through these guys, because they just had protection against Sans' magic, and were too dumb to really be affected by Ink's. But Sans and Ink had the appearance to draw their attention while Alastor had the elemental advantage if the rescue went south, Alastor had every intention of murdering them all from the back in a pincer move if he found them rapeing the girls. But Dipper doesn't know this.
Dipper stepped forward to stand in Leaderaur's way as the other three were getting into position to put on a show. Dipper spoke in defense of those behind him. "Leaderaur, I don't care about what you say I have to do to be considered a man, because the kind of man you are, I don't wanna be. These guys that are fighting you are ten times the man you are. A real man doesn't take what he wants, he earns it. And the manliest of men, they sacrifice everything to protect those they love, no matter the odds."
Plagg saw where this was going, and he couldn't blame him. He could see the fear everyone had as they realized their lives were in Dipper's hands, there were even some with grim acceptance, believing Dipper would get them killed or taken. This was truly something that hit the boy hard. Everything he believed in, everyone he thought believed in him, believed he would chicken out. And Plagg could tell it hurt him more than anything Leaderaur could do or say.
Dipper glared. "A true man uses everything in his repertoire to protect others. Plagg, claws out."
Dipper threw his arms out as he was covered in black magic that shaped into the outfit of Black Cat, Dipper doing a backflip making a pose in front of his alternate selves. "So, as they say, got beef with me? Well, I'm a vegetarian, and I ain't (Fuckin') scared of you."
Dipper looked at Alastor, wondering why he swore. "If you are going to quote the song, you should say it properly, and I knew you weren't going to swear, so I did it for you."
Dipper chuckled as he spun his staff, vaulting up to face Leaderaur face to face, flipping as the large beast went for a swing, dodging as he stabbed his staff towards his snout. Dipper regretted jumping headfirst into the battle, as Leaderaur snorted fire at him, he was saved when he suddenly found himself on the ground.
Sans spoke up. "Careful, things can get rather heated with him."
Each of the three were patient enough to allow Dipper his chance to solve this problem himself before they stepped in. He had a leg up against this problem seeing as he had some magic in him. This gave Dipper a chance to take in the shock and disbelief on the crowd's faces. None were believing he was Black Cat, even as he transformed right in front of them. As Mabel and Stan stood there, he could just picture the blue screen of death a computer would show in their eyes as they looked at him slack jawed.
Once again though, Pacifica had a different reaction. She was looking at him with admiration, a look that spoke neither disbelief nor disappointment. He didn't know if he was reading too much into it, but after seeing the disbelief, and some disappointment in even Wendy's eyes, about him being Cat, her look of admiration, as if she knew what he was sacrificing for transforming when he did and admired him all the more for it.
He couldn't describe how those eyes were making him feel, but whatever it was, it encouraged him to stand taller, work harder, and not give in to all the looks of everyone else. He turned back to Leaderaur, flexed his claw, preparing to do what he had to. Stabbing his staff into the ground once more, he extended it to launch himself once more, this time calling out his ability, "Cataclysm!" Dipper was suddenly caught off guard as a Manotaur, Beardy if he was remembering right, was tossed in the way to take the hit. The Manotaur looked like he didn't feel any pain as he disintegrated, but Dipper still held that look of disbelief and failure.
So distraught, he failed to dodge the smack that launched him back down to the other Dippers, his ring beginning to beep in warning. "I failed…"
The three guys each watched as Dipper coughed a bit, his body looking broken as he forced himself to stand, before he was helped by Alastor, picking him up in his arms. "Don't worry, your plan was excellent, and this is only the beginning."
Leaderaur, not believing the rest stood a chance, laughed as he mocked the boy. "I have been Leader of the Manotaurs for the past fifty years, I have battled the last two Black Cats and Ladybugs, you barely hold a candle to either of those two, what makes you believe I would fall so easily to a trick that slew my predecessor and have faced myself before. You have no tricks or skills I haven't seen before. We have bred and grown to battle those that held your powers longer and better than you. We can't be stopped, and with as many of these fools as there are, we could even start our own little farm to have as many breeding sows as we desire."
Sans, Alastor, and Ink glared at the fool. They knew that even if they failed, which they knew was impossible, Chiron's barrier wasn't going down anytime soon.
Sans chuckled. "Looks like it's our turn boys. Let's give them a show worth dying for, huh?"
Alastor chuckled. "It's a beautiful evening, the sun is casting its last rays.
As Alastor jumped straight up, Dipper still in his arms, Sans followed after. "The Forests were singing, until you came around."
Ink continued as he stood straight, "on nights like these, men like you."
Ink lost all form of recognizability as the ink he was made from jumped up and swallowed all three of the Dippers above him, before it shrunk down to a bubble, before the wings burst out to dispel the cover of ink, showing Blight in all his dark glory, his tail taking a more cat-like appearance as it extended slightly past the pendulum tip, cat ears popped out of his head, as his smile split it. He looked like he had tied his suit top around his waist, showing the tight spandex shirt that Cat had worn, in his right hand was Cat's staff. "Should be rotting in Hell."
Everyone stared, stunned at the display and what they did. The people of Gravity Falls were stunned to see one of their heroes combined with the others to become this…demon. They just hoped it would be enough to stop the Manotaurs and most importantly Leaderaur. Stan and Mabel glanced at each other, worried at what Dipper did and if he would be fine after this. Pacifica kept her gaze focused on the new body, not feeling fear but awe. Maybe it was because it was Black Cat that was fighting or because it was her friend Dipper, but she knew that she didn't have anything to worry about when it came to this new form.
Not far from the front Rosie's face broke out into a grin, "and the real show starts now. Here…we…go."
The Manotaurs whispered to themselves, confused by all of this and wondering where this new guy came from. Some started to feel uneasy as if this creature was not only a different type of manly, but they were starting to feel like they were looking at an angry Leaderaur. Leaderaur himself looked unimpressed as he snorted, causing flames to spark from his snout. "One opponent or four, none will defeat me in a manly fight."
"Ahahahahahahahaha!"came the loud laugh from Blight, causing everyone but Leaderaur to jump. "Fool!"
To everyone's surprise music seemed to play through the air while Blight slowly stepped forward as he twirled his staff in one hand. they all looked around to try and find the source before their attention went back to Blight when he started to sing.
(Your Contract Has Expired: Man of the Internet)
"Run along this forest trail
Now you'll find you'll fail
Never gonna reach that goal
Now give me your soul
He stopped and pointed right at Leaderaur.
Some advice
Don't think twice
Should have known I wasn't nice
Leaderaur growled, his blood boiling at this creature just singing and making a joke of this manly fight. He charged right towards him, throwing a heavy punch to crush his opponent. But Blight turned, pushing the blow to the side and missed him before twirling his staff once more.
Off with your head
Ta-ta, you're dead!
Blight swung his staff, now having a mix of black and dark red shadowy streaks following behind it. It gathered together to become a scythe and struck Leaderaur in the side of his head. He gave a shout from the blow as part of his ear was cut while Blight landed behind him.
Got no more use for you
Leaderaur growled and glared at his opponent before he heard something crash off to the side. He glanced and was stunned to see part of his horn was laying there. He checked and to his anger his right horn had a chunk cut off. He glared at Blight as he pointed back to him, still singing.
And when you signed
That dotted line
You should have thought it through
Leaderaur bellowed and charged once again, this time lowering his head to spear him with his remaining horn. Blight just jumped and flipped over him, slashing at his back as he did.
Your subconscious hanging on
Clinging to your fear
Every haunt just moved along
But now the Blight is here
Leaderaur spun while swinging his fist to make contact but Blight ducked and ran his claws on his leg as he passed, causing him pain and cracking slightly.
And the weird and the wild
Should have left you all beguiled
Guess that's that
You whining man child
Did my jobs and took time to bask
Now it's time to take you to task
Now Leaderaur lost his temper as he roared before swinging his fist and arms with wild abandonment, smashing into the ground around them but Blight just danced around his blow, not even looking worried from the assault.
And while the ink is slowly drying
It's time that you get dying
Your Contract has Expired
Sleep now in the fire
Leaderaur took a breath and unleashed a wave of flames as Blight sang this part. The crowd gasped as their champion was covered only for the fire to swirl and gather into a spinning ball in Blight's hand. Even Leaderaur was stunned as the creature spun the beachball size fireball on his fingertip, still singing.
You're gonna meet your end tonight
Your soul belongs to Blight
Now let's sing higher
Here Blight simply flicked his finger and the fireball raced towards Leaderaur. Leaderaur flexed and took the attack head on, not causing anything more than a small soot mark from the spot, but when the smoke and sparks cleared, he found Blight in his face. Leaderaur didn't have time when Blight landed a double kick right into his face before using it to jump up, grabbing the remaining horn and used it to spin around. The momentum forced Leaderaur to steady himself before Blight avoided his fist and slid down his back, dragging his claws as he did so.
And the weird and the wild
Should have left you all beguiled
Guess that's that
You whining man child
Did my jobs and took time to bask
Now it's time to take you to task
Leaderaur spun in his heels and tried to backhand him but Blight simply ducked under the blow. Stabbing his staff into Leaderaur's side repeatedly, leaving inky like spear ends sticking from the spots
And while the ink is slowly drying
It's time that you get dying
Blight spun past and slid a good distance away while Leaderaur growled and turned back to face him. He jumped up and held his arms ready to smash into Blight. Blight simply twirled his staff before he held it up and stabbed the end into the ground.
Your Contract has Expired
Sleep now in the fire
BANG! BANG! BANG!
The spear ends sticking out of Leaderaur exploded with a blast of ink, fire and red sparks. The blasts sent Leaderaur off course and he slammed to the side away from Blight.
You're gonna meet your end tonight
Your soul belongs to Blight
Your service is no longer required
Leaderaur growled as he took some deep breaths while getting to his feet. He jerked his head up as the music slowed down and Blight appeared before him. "Listen, while I have a break" he said, getting not only his opponent's attention but everyone who was watching. " I just want to say, I don't think you're appreciating the fact that I'm singing and fighting at the same time here ." He shrugged, "just needed to get that off of my chest."
Leaderaur bellowed again and unleashed a wave of fire from his mouth. He didn't stop until he heard the music come back and Blight singing once more behind him, causing Leaderaur to stop and grit his teeth in anger.
Some advice
Don't think twice
Should have known I wasn't nice
And when you signed
That dotted line
You should have thought it through
Leaderaur didn't even bother roaring as he launched himself into a new array of rapid blows that shook the earth, but not a single one would land on Blight.
If you think that I'm a stink
Then get a lawyer
'Cause I'm the best employer
Got complaints? You got a form?
Let's review how you perform
Blight jumped under a grab from Leaderaur, swinging his staff into a scythe once more and took one of his hands off at the wrist. Leaderaur didn't seem to care as he attacked once more, bleeding and the cracks from the claw marks he gained before slowly spreading and getting bigger.
Your subconscious hanging on
Clinging to your fear
And every haunt just moved along
But now the Blight is here
And the weird and the wild
Should have left you all beguiled
Guess that's that
You whining man child
Leaderaur stabbed his remaining hand into the ground and dragged it, bringing up chunks of earth and stone at Blight.
Did my jobs and took time to bask
Now it's time to take you to task
And while the ink is slowly drying
It's time that you get dying
Blight took a moment as he sang to lazily dodge or break any chunks of earth. Leaderaur charged through the dust, carrying a massive stone he dug up and slammed it into Blight. Leaderaur smirked only to lose it when he heard that damn singing next to him.
Your Contract has Expired
Sleep now in the fire
Blight made his staff into a spear and stabbed it into Leaderaur's side. Leaderaur roared as it went through his body and out the other side. Blight swings his weapon out, opening up a wide wound into Leaderaur's stomach and abs. Leaderaur stumbled as Blight turned to him, looking almost bored.
You're gonna meet your end tonight
Your soul belongs to Blight
Your service is no longer required
Leaderaur roared in fury, trying to swing and land a blow but once more Blight all but danced out of the way. He growled, keeping himself from staggering due to his injuries. He grits his teeth and glares at Blight. "Why Won't You Take This Seriously!?"
"Because that's what you want!" Blight explained easily, causing Leaderaur even more anger. "And I'm not gonna give that to you."
If anything, this pushed Leaderaur to his breaking point. "ENOUGH! I will not be mocked in such a manner!"
"Well how would you like me to mock you?" Blight asked with an amused grin. "I take requests."
Leaderaur took a step forward but staggered as he felt pain growing as the cracks spread even more. Blight chuckled, "seems like my corruption nature is taking a toll on you, big guy. Have anything to say?"
"I REFUSE TO LOSE!" Leaderaur bellowed with all his might, getting to his feet. "I Will Kill You, I Will Find Ladybug and All the Bitches here and Breed Every Last One of-"
But he stopped and gasped as Blight appeared right in front of him and stabbed his right hand into his chest. His hide did nothing to stop him and he felt a sharp jerk as he felt something grab his heart. He shook as Blight glanced up with a dark grin, "I wonder what would happen if I combined the power of this world's Dipper with the corruption I have. Now what was the name of it again? Oh yessss…" he stared right into Leaderaur's eyes and said with wicked glee. "… Cataclysm ."
Leaderaur jerked, as inside of his chest, his heart turned gray and hardened into a stone like texture before it crumbled away into dust. Most of his body became the same, spreading from the hole made, turning into gray like stone texture and crumbling away. Leaderaur screamed, not in pain even if he felt everything, but in fury. "HOW DARE YOU!" he roared as most of his body grayed out. Raising a hand to deal a final blow, he shouts "HOW DARE-!"
He froze as the rest of his body crumbled, cracked and spilled into a mountain of dust.
Everyone stared in shock over what they just witnessed, staring in shock as Blight floated down and with a wave of his staff, erased the dust from existence. Blight wasn't surprised as the Manotaurs began to chant "Blighteraur", calling him the new Leaderaur. Blight looked towards the new minions and almost scoffed, but figured he should ignore his immediate desire to erase them all from existence.
The Manotaurs all bowed as they started to look towards the civilians behind Chiron's barrier. Blight rolled his eyes. "Listen here Manotaurs, you will stop this stupid shit and get fuckin pants on, or I will erase you all right here and now."
Blight raised his hand as there were suddenly a good number of spears above his head, all bubbling with the power of cataclysm. Needless to say, the Manotaurs were quick to get their loincloths back on. Blight sighed as he drew the magic back and allowed the spears to disappear. "I will restate what I said to the old Leaderaur. Real men earn the women they bed, if you are so unmanly you have to kidnap and rape, you're not man enough to have a woman at all. If I find that any of you ever pull this bullshit again, I will follow through with my earlier threat."
Several Manotaurs frowned over his words, but before they could speak up, Blight chuckled. "Step off to the side over there, and when Chiron lets his barrier down, all the women and girls can decide who is the manliest of us. Me, or all of you."
The Manotaurs did just that, all of them stepping over in a large group and flexing as they just stood there. Blight chuckled as Ink shifted off the other Dippers, leaving Alastor, Sans, and Dipper standing there, their shirts back on, as Dipper also lost the strength to stay as black cat, swapping back to his loincloth with Plagg standing unsteady on his shoulder.
As Chiron lowered the barrier, what caused everyone a small dose of surprise, was Ladybug and Queen Bee dropping down and walking over to Dipper, both wrapping their arms around him as they shed a tear or two. "We'll miss you cat."
Dipper smiled as he hugged them back. The girls stepped back as Ladybug threw her yoyo into the air, shouting, "Miraculous Ladybug!" before a wave of magic repaired what damage was caused. Ladybug and Queen bee smiled as they jumped off and disappeared from sight.
Dipper blushed a little, having not expected one, let alone two, girls to hug him, let alone for them to do it before he was wearing a shirt while they had just tight spandex protecting them. The shock of the girls popping in when all the fighting was done, was a little annoying, but they must have been trapped within Chiron's barrier as well, and fighting to join the fight would have left them all vulnerable.
Pacifica had a little trouble as she rushed to get through the shocked crowd, having slipped off to hide and turn back so she could provide her alter ego's support for her friend. She had to fix things as Ladybug, but she also had to support Dipper, as Pacifica. So, she had to hide, change, swing in and fix things, which showed Ladybug as supporting Dipper over the Manotaurs, while slipping out quickly and getting to Dipper to show him her support.
Pacifica was out of breath as she made it to Dipper, throwing her arms around his neck, which actually caught him off guard as she wound up tripping a little and fell into him a little too hard as they flopped to the ground.
As Dipper and Pacifica got over the girl tackling him, which was causing both of them to blush like crazy when several others giggled over the incident. Alastor turned to Sans, whispering low enough that no one else could hear. "So, not only did we end up in a world where we wear tight spandex, but Pacifica as well, someone lucked out. I wonder if she realizes how bad her disguise actually is."
Sans chuckled. "Rosie did say she would forgive me for rushing us out of the last world if this happened, but I suspect the outfits have a magical effect that keeps people from noticing the similarities, and probably blurs the comparisons. We might be unaffected because of our skill in our own magic, or similar to Fin, we are just not within the algorithm, so it can't reach us."
Each of the boys, Rosie jumping into Alastor's arms before pulling Sans into the hug, were rushed to and hugged, many of the girls still upset at Chiron for accidentally causing the Manotaurs to strip.
Pacifica had gotten off Dipper, helping the boy stand as Wendy patted him on the back, the rest of the gang rushing in to congratulate him on an awesome battle. The rest of the civilians all joined the girls as they moved forward and celebrated the boys' victory. Tambry even stepped over to give Sans a kiss on the cheek for the save earlier, all the while still taking pictures.
As the Manotaurs watched, they began to talk and mutter among themselves, before nodding and one of them stepped forward to speak for them all. "Alright Blighteraur, we can see how your way is proving better, so we shall return to the man cave and only return when we feel our manliness has reached a level for the women to choose us, rather than take them."
And with that, the beasts went back to the man cave, all to prove themselves the manliest out there. Sans turned to Alastor, this time speaking so everyone heard. "I still say we should have dropped them in lava, dealing with them is so annoying."
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Okay doods, hope you all enjoyed this chapter and all that jazz.
This story is Gravity Falls A miraculous summer, by MFMG
I really do hope they enjoy how me and shadow have handled their story.
Going with the whole callout for guessing the next world when they jump dimensions, Unknown_Vessel over on AO3 was the one to guess. They are over there, so the chances of them finding the story here were low, so they only guessed the world, but they still get the kudos for guessing, they were still right after all.
